Apple suggests holding it differently or shielding the lens with your hand

If you've ever seen a purple haze or spot on your iPhone images/videos, Apple has offered an explanation -- you're holding it wrong.

IPhone 5 users have complained that a purple haze or a purple spot has shown up on videos and still images from out-of-scene bright light sources. According to Apple, the cause is the position of the light source and can be fixed by simply holding the phone at a different angle.

Most small cameras, including those in every generation of iPhone, may exhibit some form of flare at the edge of the frame when capturing an image with out-of-scene light sources. This can happen when a light source is positioned at an angle (usually just outside the field of view) so that it causes a reflection off the surfaces inside the camera module and onto the camera sensor. Moving the camera slightly to change the position at which the bright light is entering the lens, or shielding the lens with your hand, should minimize or eliminate the effect.

I don't hate Apple Tony, I hate you and the ridiculous lies you spread on my favorite site that has been my start page for 12 years (I access DT through AT).

As for this issue, since you are all over any and every article having anything to do with Apple or a direct competitor, you should notice I haven't said anything about the purple issue. The thing I said above was simple shutting down your spin cycle by saying this isn't a fake issue invented by haters, it is a real issue reported by iPhone 5 users you blithering dip. Now take your silly little bias and for whatever unknown reason love for a company (WTF?) and log off, sign back in as one of your aliases and post more biased tripe... Really, do you think you are swaying anyone's opinions with your campaign? The very thought of your campaign bring into question your motives here, but that is a separate debate on an issue that you will never fess up to. _

quote: and log off, sign back in as one of your aliases and post more biased tripe... Really, do you think you are swaying anyone's opinions with your campaign? The very thought of your campaign bring into question your motives here, but that is a separate debate on an issue that you will never fess up to. _

Jeez - not another egotistical tit who thinks the only people who might have the audacity to disagree with them must be some sort of paid stooge. How do you get your head to fit through your front door?

I never said you were paid, I am just questioning your motives. You are here almost daily defending Apple, every product and every move they make, and you do it in a very biased manor. What exactly is your motive to do this for a company? And for the sake of argument, let's just pretend that isn't odd enough to do for a company (and believe me it is odd) why a company as undeserving as Apple?

I said: "Really, do you think you are swaying anyone's opinions with your campaign? The very thought of your campaign bring into question your motives here, but that is a separate debate on an issue that you will never fess up to."

Tony replies: "not another egotistical tit who thinks the only people who might have the audacity to disagree with them must be some sort of paid stooge."

Funny that he jumped to being a paid stooge when I didnt bring it up. I was just thinking he is some over-zealous Apple fan, and he is jumping out saying "I am not a paid employee" LOL.

It is kind of hard to believe anyone would have such a hard on for a company. I mean, they do make quality products, I see why some people like them and buy them, but to spend so much time online defending every action the company takes and every product they make and skewing things to make that company appear in a better light just makes no sense to me. I love my Android phone and Nexus 7, but I certainly don't take time to defend anything and everything Google does. I couldn't care less about Google, or Samsung, or any of them. If something better comes along, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. You'd think even an idiot with no life whatsoever would still find better things to do.

I worked for Apple back in the early days of Mac, for four years. A glorious time, full of excitement and the deeply-held belief of all of us that we were really blazing new trails and standing up to the Big Brother enemy in the 1984 commercial.

But now it appears to me that Apple has morphed into that Big Brother on the giant screen in that commercial, with iZombies sitting in rapt attention. Lousy antenna? You're holding it wrong. Purple flare? Keep the sun from hitting the lens. Never mind that other phones don't have these issues.

So while I appreciate the coolness that Apple designs into its products, let's try to be objective, too.

As for converting one side to the other, I'm afraid it would be like a Jew trying to argue with a Mormon or a Muslim. Argue all you want; ain't gonna happen.